Muffaletta aka Muffuletta aka Moo-Foo Le Tah

While I was in Baton Rouge a good friend of mine Jeff Folse not to be confused with Chef Folse his cousin showed me an excellent product from the Boscoli
Familia of New Orleans. It's called "Olive Salad "... I made Muffalettas out of it along with bread , provolone cheese, mozzarella cheese , assortment of meats all toasted on a panini press. Man yall, talk about good. I am hooked on these things!!! Better than Shlotzskis or anything else I have had. HEB carries the Olive salad over by the olives.... Here the wiki of it:
The muffuletta (with numerous alternate spellings) is a type of Sicilian bread, as well as a sandwich in New Orleans, Louisiana, which is made with that bread. Like many of the foreign-influenced names found in New Orleans, the pronunciation of "muffuletta" has evolved from its phonetic forebear. Locals pronounce the word "muff-uh-LOT-uh." The proprietors of Central Grocery pronounce it "moo-foo-LET-ta."

The bread is a large, round, and somewhat flat loaf, around 10 inches (25 cm) across. It has a sturdy texture, and is described as being somewhat similar to focaccia.

The muffuletta sandwich originated in 1906 at Central Grocery, which was operated by Salvatore Lupo, a Sicilian immigrant. The sandwich is popular with city natives and visitors, and has been described as "one of the great sandwiches of the world."[1] Central Grocery still serves the sandwich using the original recipe. Other variations are served throughout the city. The locals have differing opinions on which shop serves the best muffuletta. The sandwich is so popular that it is served at Disney World's Riverside Resort Food Court.
Central Grocery, the originator of the muffuletta.

A typical muffuletta consists of one muffuletta loaf, split horizontally. The loaf is then covered with a marinated olive salad, then layers of capicola, salami, mortadella, emmentaler, and provolone. The sandwich is sometimes heated through to soften the provolone.[2] The size of the muffuletta is enough to feed more than one person, and many stores tend to sell quarter or half-muffulettas.

The olive salad is considered the heart of the sandwich, and consists primarily of olives, along with celery, cauliflower and carrot. The ingredients are combined, seasonings are added, covered in olive oil and allowed to combine for at least 24 hours. Prepared olive salad for muffulettas can also be bought by the jar in New Orleans grocery stores.

Central Grocery, 923 Decatur Street, French Quarter The home of the muffuletta, and a must-visit. Many consider this to be the quintessential muffuletta in the city, and as great (and historically significant) as it is, these days I'll usually avoid the lines and go elsewhere. Still though, if you've never been to Central, you've gotta go. Over the years the muffuletta operation has expanded greatly and limited the grocery store space; they have some indoor seating now for muffuletta lovers. Me, I like to take mine to go and eat it on a bench in Jackson Square or on the Moonwalk. They do a brisk to-go business, and big jars of olive salad are available for you to buy and take home. I like my muffuletta with a Barq's from their big Barq's machine in the back, even though it's not locally-made anymore.

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[howardthecpa]

Ugh..first you flattened the bread, then you added roast beef, then you flattened it again. No doubt the sandwich will be good, but please leave out the roast beef next time. Also, if you're even back in Louisiana and you see a Rouse's supermarket stop in and buy their olive salad. It's just as good and 2/3 the cost.

[CookinWithSurfinSapo]

@howardthecpa ok, thanks... I don't eat these to much they are super filling....

[geyza0711]

disgusting. not saying you´re doing it wrong or it´s bad or whatever. I just think those things are disgusting.

[DHarri9977]

Thanks for sharing this, I have to try it out, building a good sandwich is a art yet so simple.

[Pinwormx]

Dude, I am soooooo hungry now.

[gerry3x]

Why do people take a perfectly good recipe and fuck it up.

[TheGoogler77]

I never heard of that sandwich but man it looks gooooood. 

[CookinWithSurfinSapo]

@AlfordMcgoldrick153 Thanks...

[uppanthers]

no roast beef on any muffaletta ever

[aspiehler]

Next time try some mortadella or good bologna instead of roast beef.